Alfred de Vigny

Alfred de Vigny (27 March 1797-17 September 1863) was a French royalist author and poet.

Biography
Alfred de Vigny was born in Loches, France in 1797 to an aristocratic family, and he joined the Maison du Roi of King Louis XVIII of France in 1814. He wrote his first poem in 1820, and he decided to retire from the French Royal Army in 1827 and become a professional writer. His 1826 novel Cinq-Mars became one of the most popular novels of the era, criticizing Cardinal Richelieu for decimating the influence of the nobility and turning them into courtiers; he supported the political role of the nobility due to his support for the Bourbon Restoration regime. In 1845, he became a member of the Academie francaise, and he died in Paris in 1863 at the age of 66.